Healthy Eller now 220 pounds and itching to get back on ice

Lars Eller is bigger and plans to be better when the Canadiens hit the ice for the 2013-14 season.

The Gazette’s Dave Stubbs reports that Eller, who was listed at 201 pounds in last season’s team guide, is now 220 pounds – and not a gram of the weight anything but muscle.

The 24-year-old centre/forward enjoyed a breakout season in the lockout-shortened campaign, his 30 points in 46 games two points better than what he recorded in 79 games the year before. And then suddenly, his season came to a sickening, bloody end at the Bell Centre in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, Eller flattened by Ottawa defenceman Eric Gryba at the Canadiens blue line.

“I’ve seen the replay, which is the closest I’m going to come to remembering it,” Eller told Stubbs on Saturday. “Maybe it’s a good thing that I don’t remember. It was a shocking incident for everybody watching. I haven’t really thought much about it since. It’s in the past.”

Eller returned to Montreal last week from his native Denmark, where he spent almost the past two months with his wife, Julie, and their 10-month-old child.

“I feel great, completely healed,” Eller said. “I did some more testing in Brossard (in mid- to late May) to make sure everything was back to normal, to make sure there were no symptoms related to the concussion. There haven’t been any.”

I finished my Golf tour weekend this morning, now time to get back to work I guess. Yah from everything I have read the deal is indeed nice for the owners as it seems like virtually no out of pocket money is spent.

I am cynical at best of this ownership group succeeding in Glendale, and expect them to move the team at their first opportunity.

I think I have extra interest in the story given I am from Winnipeg. WHile I understood the Jets were in a tough spot in Wpg. at the time (Particularly due to the Jets ownership and the Cdn Dollar) I always figured the move to Phoenix/Glendale stunk to high heaven. I suppose I almost want them to fail there, as I felt Bettman was disingenuous from the start as it related to that franchise move.

Flory gone for the year, so far two OCs. Get it together Jim! Oh wait, you’re too busy coaching to keep tabs on the NFL training camps? I hope this doesn’t turn into a disaster. At least we’re playoff safe if we finish second.

I don’t normally watch the amazing race not sure if any of you watch it either…but tonight and next week you should check it out..they are in YZF and YFB..and the airline I work for will be in both epsiodes..
Oh and only 40 days to pre season start..